What a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago Can Teach Us
Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972.
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Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972.
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Most people are familiar with the politically motivated killings that punctuated the 1960s. From Medgar Evers to Robert Kennedy, bloodshed galvanized the antiwar, civil rights, and student movements, but eroded trust in government and higher education. The labor movement was no exception to the rule. On New Year’s Eve 1969 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, three gunmen shot Mine Workers (UMWA) leader Joseph “Jock” Yablonksi, his wife Margaret, and their daughter Charlotte as they slept. The killers were petty criminals from Cleveland, one of whom had ties to the union by marriage. This hor...